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Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week | Half as Interesting (8:17) (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We do what?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Ohh, I actually knew about this already... because it's not worms but fly larvae. They drop sterilized male larvae to "mate" with females and thus produce no offspring. Only for one specific type of fly though. The video has much more details but that's the gist of it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Great video! I had no idea this even was a thing, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This is one of the craziest things I’ve ever learned.